espial
Example Sentences
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There is yet," he answered, having made espial; "for the attack goes but upon the street side, leaving the lane free.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis
Imperious Norman, that's a modern trial That's always being argued more or less; The Press keeps now such vigilant espial On every grasping would-be public plunderer.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892 by Various
I saw not what was to be gained by any such long-range espial in the darkness.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
How could he keep an espial on the house?
From Will Warburton by George Gissing
He remembered his reluctant consent to McCloskey's proposal touching the espial upon Hallock, and was sorry he had given it.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
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